THE MT. JOY STAR AND NEWS SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 1918. This Full | Size | Can Chi-Namel, LIGHT OAK irter Pint U, §, Stand asd Measure Ee / =» The Ohio Vaghish Company Makers oli ine Varnishes «ve ih Will you atcept one of our Regular 25¢ Cans of Chi-Namel -. Varnish FREE, and test its easy applicationy beauty and brilliancy on your Furniture, Floors and Woodwork. rn ~ N r Te i HIS CA MN J PON is good for one 25¢ Can of Chi- of one new 15¢ brush ( / Namel Varnish upon the purchase 1 one new 15¢ brush (megely to insure a fair trial) during our CHI- NAMEL DEMONSTRATION. (Dates given below.) If larder can is desired, Cofipon will apply as 2 5¢ against purchase price Name 7 Address. Chi-Namel DEMONSTRATION On the abgve dates a factory demonstrator will exhibit and apply these exquisitely colored, self leveling Chinese Oil Finishes in our store. Come inyand see the magnificent effects produced at pin-money cost. H. S. NEWCOMER PENNA. { MOUNT JOY, THE RIGHT STYLES ALWAYS Wingert & Has Hat-Store NEW WINTER HATS CAPS AND/GLOVES RIGHT PRICES ALWAYS > 144 North” Queen Street, Lancaster, Penna. ~ ~~ JOHN A. HAAS, Proprietor. 7” < J Profit by =~ EASPERN DISTRIBUTOR MIO OGOOO00000000000VLOLVLOLOLLVOILOOCO0O0 International Silos Soive the Problem ly changing it y your order now. / POTTER MOUNT JOY, PENNA. . S. H. C. BRUNNER Good Furniture Is the only kind I selli~Furnture that is Furniture MIRRORS, HALL RACKS, EXTENSION TABLES CHINA CLOSETS, KITCHEN CABINETS In fact anything and everything in the Furniture Line ROCKERS, Ungértaki ng and Embalming Your Neighbor’s Experience In‘as much as the supply is limited & ‘prices are constant- 1s good policy to place IIIS IN OUR HOUSES OF WORSHIP MOUNT JOY'S PART IN GREAT WAR :: RELIGIOUS MATTERS PERTAIN. LETTERS FROM SEVERAL MT ING TO ALL THE CHURCHES AND AROUND MOUNT JOY BOROUGH pal Church Methodist Episc Rev. Thomas Roberts, Pastor +t 01 AM ALM OP M Wed Fr er Church of God Re i. A. MacDannald, Pastor * the cnange In time } tt Y the ( fol Sabbath Scho 10 A. M P A. M I r End yr 6:30 P. M United Brethren Church Rev. D. E. Long, Pastor 9:00 A. M. Sunday School. 10:15 A. M. Communion Services. 6:00 P. M. Junior C. E 6:00 P. M. Intermediate C. E. 7:00 P. M. Preaching and Com Services. | Prayer Meeting Wednesday union even ‘es next Sunday according to Trinity Lutheran Church Rev. Geo. A. Kercher, Pastor E ister Se rvices. Schoo! 9:30 Serv 1ce AM Morning with Holy Com 10:30 A. M mnior Easter Festival with the Sunday 1 P. M. There will be special musical num- bers render at all services All ervices begin according to the new standard time. Confessional services Good Friday 145 P. M St. Luke’s Episcopal Church Rev. Henry D. Speakman, Rector The service Easter day will be celebration of the Holy Communion 3 On at 6 and 10:30 A. M. Church school at 9:15 The Sacrament of Holy Baptisn t 9:45 A. M Services tonight, tomorrow night and Good Friday night at 7:30. The Solemn Three Hours service on Good | Friday, commemorating the Three Hours of Darkness our Saviour hung upon the Cross, will begin on | the stroke of twelve noon. The public are most cordially invited to attend any or all of these services. Florin U. B. Church Rev. O. G. Romig, Pastor The announces the Holy Week: Lecture on the “Suffer- Lord’ by Rev. 1. H. Al- | ht, Ph.D of Thursday evening at Special sermon on of Christ,” on Good P. M Special Easter Rally on 19:30 A. M {| Junior C. EB. at: 1 P. M pastor services for llustrated ings of Om 7 1 7:30 “The Crucifixion Friday at 7:30 Sunday at | Senior C. BE. at 6:15 P. M. Specia ermot on “The Risen | Lord and the Empty Tomb” at 7:15 {3 M All are invited | ! Evangelical Church | Rev. A. M. Sweigert, Pastor 9:30 Sunday Schoo Morning Preaching Service A special Easter sermon 1:45 A Patriotic Service, | 10:30 | { | of the flag, address | | | unfurling service and | special music 7 P. M. an Easter program will be given including recitations, | readings, a pantomime, cello solo tand an address by the pastor. Every | body invited to these services. (Class Meeting on Thurs Every member urged to songs, Ladies’ day night. be present. Chorus practice on Friday evening at 7:45, Monday evening teacher training. Presbyterian Church { Rev. F. G. Bossert, Pastor | Sabbath School 9:15 A. M { Divine Worship and Sermon 10:30 A. M. Subject, “Immorality.” Evening Worship 7:30 P. M. Sub- ject, “Easter Evening.” Praver Meeting Wednesday even 7:30. The following resolutions regard- ing the Prohibition amendment were adopted by the church in view of the fact (a) That the Prohibition Amend- our National now awaits the action of the several i States of the Union and (b) Because confident that the ratification of the ysame by the several states would be thighly desirable and for the best in terest of our country. We, the officers and ithe First Presbyterian Mount Joy, Pa., hereby support of the Church to candidates twho will vote for the measure in | State Senate and House of Assembly. | We urge all men of the church to | register before March 20th, 1918 and {urge the importance of standing for {only “dry” Candidates in the Primary | Elections of Tuesday, May 21st, | 1918. | | | 1 ment to members of Church, of weeeettllll Greenman LARGE FLY-WHEEL BURSTS; LUCKILY NO ONE WAS NEAR | Mr. Ezra Engle conducts a large | stone quarry a short distance south {of here and there was quite an acci- {dent there last Friday but very for- j tunately no one was injured. The {large iron fly-wheel on the big steam {engine which drives the crusher, {bursted while running at high speed. | A piece of the wheel was carried along with the belting to the crusher, where it made quite an indention on {that wheel. Other pieces of who is the engineer, had just walked away from the engine a few moments jprerions The wheel was 8 feet, 4 linches in diameter and had a 14 inch follow- | Middletown, on | | My dear aunt, JOY MEN WHO ARE IN FRANCE—LETTERS FROM OTHERS IN THE VARIOUS CAMPS Letter from Jno. McGinnis f ] ( g letter was received John A. McGinnis, son of J. W (Ginnis, Hotel MeGinnis, in this Fort MePha Atlanta, G March 21, 1918 1) Fd 1 Just to remind the Mou Toy fol that I am still ong the living. I was transferred the 14th Ambulance Co., Camp ' f. Ca to Fort McPharson, (Ga., on the twentieth of March. Thi | bout 160 les farther yuth I certainly must say that 1 much better here than 1 did ne her | rt I ar t S. General Hospital ). 6 still on the old job cooking but have it very nice One day 1 im on duty cooking and the next wy, I will go to a school for cooks only and it certainly is a very nice place also The school is mostly to learn how to make different things for : the patients. m also very near to 1 twenty mile Atlanta; it ride from I a s only about Fort [Last night when 1 arrived here and was taken to my barracks, 1 certainly was very much surprised when 1 the with white sheets and white pillow cases. Gee! t certainly is like here, nice hite dishes and and no mess t can be But mule wn here SAW beds home cups used that 1 skinner in would never turn a the Ambulance. Co. I know that those every cent they and hard working men. 1 take my hat off to those companies. { was watching the going out in their | their pietures | taken They are sailors But I] n sav that our U. 8S. sailors cer | tainly do dress much nicer than they do ecause OVS earn got very certainly will men who are in This morning I German prisoners full dress to are a 8) ¥ those have How is every little thing in Mount | Joy. I suppose it is still the same | old place and not much change there. But 1 am sure that there will | be when we army boys return and | carry the smile of victory with us. Hoping that you and all of the Mount Joy people are enjoying the best of health with me, 1 remain. Yours truly, John A. McGinnis. | Letter from A. S. Plummer The following letter was received | from Private A. S. Plummer, son of | former High Constable “Dick” Plum mer of Elizabethtown, by J. W.| Schrite of this place: { Somewhere in Feb. 22, France, 1918. Dear Grandpa, Hope you will pardon me for fail-! ing to write to you at an earlier date. However I have been kept, pretty busy ever since arriving on | this side. At present a detachment | of fourteen of us are located in a| small village near which we are work- | ng. i Was sitting head | Only heal will around with my bandaged up for a few days a slight scalp wound which is ing nicely; however, 1 fear it leave a bald spot for some time [ understand you are having a very severe Winter over there; the weather has not been so bad the past weeks but the climate here isn’t very agreeable Hoping vou are all enjoying | health. | Sincerely, | Ambrose. few good | Letters from E. J. Marks These letters have been received by Mrs. A. S. Gantz, a former resi- | dent of this place, from her nephew | who has been in France for quite | some time. | B. E. F.,, France. | Oct. 24, 1917! | What a very pleasant | surprise for me; I have just received | a letter from you dated May 27, 1917. As you can see from the en-| closed envelope it has been almost everywhere, nearly six months, eh? | This shows that our postal service has | Constitution | {afraid it a jolly good try to get the to their destinations. I was very sorry to hear you had vour two letters returned but I'm can’t be helped as I am; here one day and somewhere in France the next. There are a lot of your “Tom mies” right here. They try to show us how they do things “over there” | but if a “whizzbang’ came over { letters | | | | | they would forget all about that. Ha! pledge the | | | like Crystal Palace, nice, bright and | { cherry, the next it resembles a Bel-| | a bandage. i | | the | My dear aunt, wheel were hurled in every direction | but fortunately Mr. Harvey Carson, {ceived your nice Xmas card. 1. I guess | Ha! Of course we are great pals but | vou know the old soldiers can afford | to let the younger ones have their | say. There is no doubt about it, we | Britishers have had a rough time but Fritz has had a worse time | You will let me know when any! of vour friends or relatives come | over here, won’t you? Only for| its not one | goodness sake tell then on day, it is} of Cook’s Tours. One fast riot. | Well, good luck to all the Red] Cross but I hope I shan’t have to use | If I have to eat many| more tins of “Bully,” American horse as we call it, I shall be a sure goner. Peace is as far away as ever, our) chaps say the first twe vears will | be the worst so as I have been near- | ly three years out here, it leaves only | seven more to finish. Ha! Ha! With best wishes to all, Your loving nephew, Eric. Feb. 22, 1918. | Hooray, I have just re “Bet- | ter late than never,” says (thats Anuf) that I manage to get your letters in the end. I am always delighted to hear from you or anybody else as a letter breaks the monotony of day in and day out Mount Joy, Pa, the terrible war, Dear sir, I'here are quite a lot of “Amex” Your word received, ny of New York Engineers close but believe me | have been a busy us [hey are very chummy with man since 1 last saw you. our chaps, in fact, they give us ad As this is a busy town and knows ses of American girls, and we no Sunday or night, in so far as kewise with English girl 0 os, Have myself worked Mother and Dx re wad ine Sundays out of the twelve since dress, well away from the air-raids [ here, as we work day and I'm alright, 1irht, Sundays and week days. There Your loving nephew, re pattern-makers at work here Erie t the Navy Yard. They are divided Mus. Gantz ulto, Sent us newsaber into three 8 hour shifts, one set tRovines Which speak Very. well < wing another every 8 hours, da t two evacuation hospital units at nights So you see the work Camp Crane, Allentown, of which |Mever stops but goes on continuously her son, “Chubby” is a member. Fo We work eight hours at a time with- wing are the copy of same: “Two | Out a stop for dinner. However the battalions of the four hundred so ux : | and all the boys in ers from Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., ar- Nn ol reat me ery pies They rived in Camp Tuesday and with all ||, you: oh College and credit to thesew-comers it must be |Z V'VET brad from all over iid that they are perhaps the best “0 United A While I am the irilled group at the Fair Grounds, as gest pallern-maker . 14 the shop, evidenced by their excellent ma- |'"¢V ar¢ ry kind and have the neuvers.” After a review before |Sreateslt respect ior an old man at General Guglielmitte, ranking Italian ry or which I am ever thank- general in this country the press says: | 'Y : Lis 3 ‘Led by the two evacuation Hospital With regards and kind words to units that came to this city from all. ’ Fort Oglethorpe last week, the sec Yours truly, tions filed past the reviewing stand A. 8. Flowers. n full company front They made -,. 5 fine appearance and despite the Letter from Dr. Richards Eve any ay dhe lis Spartanburg, S. C. 1 y ppled many seclons, ; pjitor Bulletin: which had to be filled with casuals, Just had the pleasure the marching was excellent and the of reading a copy of the Bulletin equipment in the best kind of con telling of Dn Simon’s accident. Re- dition. Every man showed himself |, omber me to friends at Mt. Joy. ready to leave Camp for Italy on the next of France now, we have a com hn Heard a good talk by Dr. Maj. Appel {at Camp Greenleaf. My present ad- | dress is 56th Regiment Pioneer In- fantry, Camp Wadsworth, Spartan- burg, S. C train.” Letter from A. S. Flowers Mr. J. H. Stoll of this place, re Y, ceived the following from our for- L ours, | . : mer townsman: 5 : ° x First Lieut. F. L. Richards. Mr. v Washington, D. C., el ener March 18, 1918. Subscribe for the Star and News. John H. Stoll, Advertise in the Star and News. LOOOO00000000000000OCOOOOOOOOOOODDODOLLLLCIINIANNNNI I 4 i Simple, trong, Ment and Speedy 4 fen ASK TO SEE THE 66. 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